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Department of Transportation: Maritime Career

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource describes jobs in the maritime industry, ways to get training for various career paths in the industry, and employment opportunities. Links to Maritime Museum websites are included.
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U.s. Department of Transportation

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S Department of Transportation's motto is, "Safety is our top priority." To find out much more information on the Department of Transportation visit this website!
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University of Prince Edward Island

The Canal Era in Canada: The Maritimes in the Canal Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through to find information about canals in the United States and Canada during their development, particularly how it reduced transport time of products.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Transatlantic Souvenirs

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian's maritime collections contain many objects relating to the steamship Leviathan, the largest American passenger ship of the 1920s and 1930s. View these mementos originally preserved by passengers and crew to remember...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Tending Aids to Navigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Who maintains our maritime infrastructure? Step back to the 1920s and meet some of the men and boats of the U.S. Lighthouse Service while learning about the hundreds of aids to navigation in New York Harbor.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Marine Patent Models

For Students 9th - 10th
View the Smithsonian's collection of patent models that demonstrate marine inventions from the 1770s to the 1950s that attempted to change and improve the challenges Americans encountered working and traveling on the water.
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Curated OER

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Caravel

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustration of a caravel, a sailing ship.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas: Uss Hoga (Tug)

For Students 9th - 10th
Tugboat; at Pearl Harbor fought ship fires and helped push sinking USS Nevada out of the ship channel; served Oakland harbor for many years; The vessel was transferred to the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum (AIMM) in 2005 and was...